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Let's take another look at what the Affordable Care Act means to us

Posted: July 24, 2012 - 11:16pm

Savannah

LET’S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT WHAT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT MEANS TO US

Congratulations to Justice John Roberts for finally breaking his ultra-conservative ties. When I was in law school I had a constitutional law professor who always used to say that regardless of their political background there was something about the Supreme Court that caused many justices to rise above their own political leanings and do what is best for for the country. To vilify justice Roberts the chief justice of the court that presented the United States with George W. Bush as its first and only unelected president, the court that presented the United States with “The Citizens United” decision changing politics in the United States to a money game he finally rose to the occasion.

As to what Don Maresco wrote to the editor concerning “The affordable care act” and his desire that everyone vote to remove President Obama from office this November he only displays his own meanness, greed and small mindedness, by thinking of himself only. If he were truly aware of the consequences of electing Mitt Romney president he would understand that he’d not only eliminate insurance for the 30 million Americans covered by the ACA; he would change the way the industry is taxed and regulated, turn medicare into a voucher program and transform Medicaid into a block grant, which together would strip access to health care from as many as 28 million Americans who are currently insured. This voucher system would be so inadequate as to cause the death of many current recipients.

The youth of this country will inherit a system that allows insurance companies to refuse coverage for pre-existing conditions and power to drop anyone they want if they get sick. And further to call social security an entitlement is a bare faced misrepresentation as it is a program into which virtually every recipient has deposited portions of his or her earned income.

I am sure Mr. Maresco’s personal motto is “keep the government out of my life but don’t you dare touch my medicare”.

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aliens is less than 11 million(at its zenith that was the estimate). Most of what I have read says the number right now is about 9 million. I don't know where you get the over 30 million that is the estimated number of medically uninsured in the country. One number does not relate to the other. You really should take some(or a lot) of classes at TCL and get some basic reading and reasoning skills. Oh and by the way the number of people in our country at the present time(ie our population) is right at 300 million so the illegals that you are constantly screaming about make up about 3 percent of that total. As chicken little said "the sky is falling the sky is falling".